Levittown Two Families, One Tycoon, and the Fight for Civil Rights in America's Legendary Suburb

Name: Levittown Two Families, One Tycoon, and the Fight for Civil Rights in America's Legendary Suburb
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ISBN: 9780802717955

ISBN-10: 0802717950

ISBN-13: 9780802717955

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Authors: David Kushner

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"A riveting account of two familiesone African-American, the other white and Jewishwho worked together in the summer of 1957 against tremendous odds to begin the inevitable integration of America's first suburbs."Minneapolis Star TribuneIn the decade after World War II , real estate developer Levitt & Sons helped thousands of people buy into the American dream of owning a home. They laid out the welcome mat, but not to everyone. Levittown had a whites-only policy. The events that unfolded in Levittown, Pennsylvania, in the unseasonably hot summer of 1957 would rock the community. There, a white Jewish family secretly arranged for a black family to buy the pink house next door. The explosive…

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List price: $17.00
Publisher: Walker & Company
Publication date: 8/3/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

David Kushner is the author of Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture. He is a contributing editor of Rolling Stone and Wired. His work has appeared in numerous other publications including The New York Times, Spin, Salon, and New York. He lives in New Jersey. Visit his website at www.davidkushner.com.



Author's Note


Prologue



The Captain and the Kids



The Other Harlem



Dodgers Fans



The Perfect Plan



A Good Home



Pioneers



Neighbors



An Extra Bedroom and a Garage



43 Deepgreen Lane



The Secret Castle



The Baby Won't Know



The Missing Thumb



Battle Lines



Back to School



Dandelions and Bayonets



Freedom Fighters



The Stand



The Promise


Epilogue


Acknowledgments


Notes


Bibliography


Index